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Chapter 4 by Artican Artican

Does the plan succeed?

Works like magic.

The lady's arm goes in just as I demonstrated with mine. Still concerned with the magical properties of the container, she looks up at me and asks, "This isn't a trap is it?"

"I assure you, Miss, it is not. Need I point out that you are currently trapped as it is?" I retort with logic. She doesn't appear to be amused by my acute observation as she stares at me with a deadpanned expression. "Either I can attempt to free you with the bag or we can mill about until a better idea comes along."

There is noise in the distance that seems to attract the lady's attention. She furrows her brows as she looks off along a nearby trail. There is howling and shouts which appear to aggravate her even further. Finally, she says, "Alright, I'll get in the bag... if anyone asks, you didn't see me."

She pulls the bag over her head and slips it down her side. As the bag reaches her midsection, she closes it together to slip through and submerges the rest of her body in as well, until the bag floats in the air for a second, then drops to the ground. I pick up the object and inspect it. Amazing piece of enchantment, I wonder how much it can actually hold. Perhaps I should have tried to contain the tree instead...

My thoughts are interrupted as the noisy parted arrives. It is a team of four men, dressed in dark military gear, with two lesahed dogs. They are hunting something out here in the wilderness and I get the sneaking suspicion the lady knows something about it. Being a stranger in a strange land, I take the prudent approach and engage these men with no hostilities.

"Can I help you gentlemen?" I ask as I sling the bag over my shoulder.

"We're looking for a thief," the taller one says, "You see anyone traveling out here? A female?"

I shrug my shoulders. "What did the thief steal?"

"None of your business," the second soldier sneers before turning to the other men and signalling two to follow one route with he and the other go along another.

I watch them go and wait a bit longer before I set the magic bag down.

Should I let the girl out or interrogate her first?

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